“Mkhitaryan’s was incredible - this is frightening. You see two like that in a matter of a week, it’s brilliant.

“It’s such an instinctive thing to do. I’ve never seen it in training.

“There will be a debate now for a couple of days which is the better one out of Mkhitaryan and Giroud.”

The France international joked Mkhitaryan's strike inspired him when he spoke for the first time on how he pulled it off.

He said: "It is not difficult to say it is the best one.

Olivier Giroud’s amazing goal against Crystal Palace

OLIVIER GIROUD has produced one of the best goals ever seen in the Premier League.

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Gary Neville has spoken out of Olivier Giroud's strike

"I was a bit lucky but it was the only thing I could do, the ball was behind me and I tried to hit it with a backheel. Maybe [Henrikh Mkhitaryan's] goal inspired me, it's the only thing you can do in that position.

"It is nice for me and the team because we start the year with a win.

"We were struggling a bit when we came back from the dressing room so it was nice to finish off the game and keep the ball.

"We have a few games to come before the very important Chelsea one so we want to to keep winning before we go to Stamford Bridge."